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Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...world’s biggest chip designers, Intel, AMD and ARM, and a second flaw in Intel chips. This means that almost every smartphone, tablet, laptop and business computer in the world could be vulnerable to having sensitive data including passwords stolen. The cloud servers that store websites and other internet data are also at risk. This is one of the biggest cyber security...
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Article 5 mins
Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...world each year based on the computational simulation model study published in PLOS ONE. That’s $15 billion more than the insurance payouts for Hurricane Katrina, $40 billion more than the estimated costs of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and $20 billion more than the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. That’s over sixty Airbus A380 airplanes, one of the...
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Article 5 mins
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...world wars actively shaped the work these writers were producing, but the social and political upheavals of Irish politics at home—from the Easter Rising to the Troubles—contributed to a truly distinctive form of Gothic writing produced in Ireland. You will be looking specifically at two examples of this writing: the short story ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945) by...
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Article 45 mins
Environment and Sustainable Development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Nature & Environment

Environment and Sustainable Development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...world. But the types of sustainable development the EU promotes are influenced by the economic, social and even religious backgrounds of its member states. Enthusiasts say the EU’s ability to legislate for 28 nations has enabled it to take a global lead in combating pollution and promoting renewable energy, and that the UK’s membership has allowed it to drive...
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Video 25 mins
Britain's Great War: The war machine - guide & clips
History & The Arts

Britain's Great War: The war machine - guide & clips

...World War affected the lives of the British people, Jeremy Paxman describes the crisis facing the country as it becomes clear it is fatally unprepared to fight a modern industrial war. Now the whole population is enlisted to turn the country into a war machine: women fill the factories to make bombs and bullets, men are forced to fight at the Front, conscientious...
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Video 10 mins
Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments: Dust Storms
Science, Maths & Technology

Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments: Dust Storms

...world and shows signs of getting worse. One puzzle is that it is hard for the wind to lift small small dust particles, which tend to stick together on the ground. On the other hand, the larger sand grains and gravel will not be transported very far in the air before they fall out. This video discusses these ideas and shows you how to simulate the important process of dust...
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Video 5 mins
Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire
History & The Arts

Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire

...and Empire 3 The image of the Emperor was carefully regulated to remind the provinces of his power Introducing the Roman World An overview of the origins and influence of the Roman Empire and the people who lived in its influence and under its power Mosaic from La Chebba Another mosaic from Tunisia which shows the integration of local cultural references into the pattern...
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Video 33 mins
Thailand: The Politics of Blood
Society, Politics & Law

Thailand: The Politics of Blood

...world. But behind the arresting symbolism of these protests, issues of democracy, welfare, education and human rights are at stake, in a political crisis that is not going to go away... Thailand: The Politics of Blood In Thailand, political ideas are fought in the media spotlight - but behind the arresting symbolism and imagery, issues of democracy, welfare, education and...
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Video 16 mins